India, March 19 -- A pod of dolphins gathered curiously around SpaceX's Dragon Freedom capsule as it landed off the Florida coast with NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose nine-month-long space overstay at the International Space Station (ISS) finally came to an end.

'Butch and Suni' were accompanied by astronauts Nick Hague and Aleksandr Grebyonkin, who reached the ISS in December as part of a rescue mission planned by NASA and SpaceX.

NASA's commentary did not fail to describe the moment dolphins approached the SpaceX capsule in curiosity as the recovery team members approached the astronauts in a speed boat.

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore spent 286 days on the International Space Station, where they conducted ...